Shloka 5

अगम्यागमन-निष्कृति-निर्णयः

Expiations for Forbidden Sexual Relations

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोपदेशमेकत्र वेदशास्त्राण्यथैकतः / आचार्यः स तु विज्ञेयस्तदेकैकास्तु देशिकाः

Transliteration

brahmopadeśamekatra vedaśāstrāṇyathaikataḥ / ācāryaḥ sa tu vijñeyastadekaikāstu deśikāḥ

Translation

The instruction on Brahman is one thing, and the Vedas and śāstras are another; he who teaches both together as one should be known as an Ācārya, while those who teach only one of these are Deśikas.

Word by Word

• brahma-upadeśam: Brahman-instruction
• brahma-upadeśam: Karma (कर्म/object implied with ‘teaches/arranges’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman + upadeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• ekatra: in one place / together
• ekatra: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ekatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb (देश/स्थानवाचक) ‘in one place/together’

• veda-śāstrāṇi: Vedas and treatises
• veda-śāstrāṇi: Karma (कर्म/object in parallel)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda + śāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Plural; dvandva: ‘Vedas and śāstras’

• atha: and/then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, connective particle (अनन्तर/समुच्चय)

• ekataḥ: collectively / as one whole
• ekataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ekataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb ‘from one side/at one time/collectively’

• ācāryaḥ: teacher (ācārya)
• ācāryaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ācārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; pronoun referring to such a person

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle

• vijñeyaḥ: should be known (as)
• vijñeyaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: Gerundive/necessitative (तव्यत्/यत् sense; here -ya), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘is to be known/should be understood’

• tad-eka-ekāḥ: each one of those (separately)
• tad-eka-ekāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad + eka + eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; distributive sense ‘each single one of those’; compound functioning adjectivally for deśikāḥ

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic/contrastive particle

• deśikāḥ: instructors/teachers
• deśikāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural